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Allen said his colleague had 14 years of service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea is one big day for Muni operators to celebrate transit in San Francisco and encourage people to recognize our efforts and our labor,” Allen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also asking members of the public to submit a total of 500 \u003ca href=\"https://sfmta.tfaforms.net/312\">commendations\u003c/a> to drivers and added that the day is not just about recognizing the operators but also the car cleaners, mechanics, schedulers, dispatchers, station agents and other people who help make Muni run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, meanwhile, has introduced a resolution to officially mark March 18 as Transit Operator Day, which the board will vote on that day. (For years, SFMTA has held its own Transit Operator Appreciation Day for staff on March 18.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAHZp3usV4g\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think resolutions have an importance of raising awareness for our ‘invisible warriors’ in the city,” Mahmood said. “ Unless the public has awareness of the important role that the Muni operators have, they wouldn’t know that they’re an important part of the line item of the budget that we need to be advocating for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects/summer-2025-muni-service-cuts\">Tuesday’s meeting\u003c/a>, the SFMTA board will consider reduced service on the 5 Fulton, 9 San Bruno and 31 Balboa lines — and to combine the 21 Hayes and the 6 Haight-Parnassus lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to SFMTA, the cuts are needed to rein in an approximately $50 million \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027759/sf-transit-board-says-no-cutting-school-crossing-guards-save-money\">budget deficit\u003c/a> for fiscal year 2025–26, which is set to begin in July — due to lower-than-expected transit and parking revenue and lower-than-expected operating transfers from the city’s general fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA officials have said these service reductions of about 4% will save the agency $15 million and that it plans to make up the remainder of next fiscal year’s deficit through improvements to fare compliance and its parking program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031472\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031472\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_MUNI-OPERATOR-DAY_DMB_00037-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_MUNI-OPERATOR-DAY_DMB_00037-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_MUNI-OPERATOR-DAY_DMB_00037-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_MUNI-OPERATOR-DAY_DMB_00037-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_MUNI-OPERATOR-DAY_DMB_00037-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_MUNI-OPERATOR-DAY_DMB_00037-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_MUNI-OPERATOR-DAY_DMB_00037-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SF Muni Transit Operator Mc Allen waives at another SF Muni bus as he drives the inbound 44 O’Shaughnessy in San Francisco on March 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. 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Still, transit advocates like Jaime Viloria, the outreach and organizing manager for the nonprofit transit advocacy group San Francisco Transit Riders, said the agency should consider dipping into its financial reserves before cutting service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody loves Muni, but I feel like it’s not being shown a lot of love fiscally,” he said.[aside postID=news_12031387 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_VTASTRIKEDAY2_GC-23-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Viloria is worried that with SFMTA’s budget deficit set to grow in the future, any cuts to service made now could become permanent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If people aren’t using transit, then you don’t have revenue from those fares, and then you won’t have the ridership to justify running those lines,” Viloria said. “And it just spirals out of control.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Transit Riders is among the groups organizing a protest against service cuts outside San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahmood said he also advocated for SFMTA to dip into its reserves to tame the deficit, rather than reduce service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Allen, it’s just a coincidence that his Transit Operator Appreciation Day falls on the same day SFMTA’s board is expected to discuss the ongoing financial challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said service reductions would be “enormously impactful” to operators, meaning fewer buses on the road would strain operators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if you only get around in San Francisco by car, public transit is enormously valuable to you because it’s what keeps congestion in check,” Allen said. “Our street network can’t work if public transit is not there serving the hundreds of thousands of San Franciscans every day, and so whether you ride Muni or not, you benefit from it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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He wants people to make a point of riding Muni on Tuesday, with a goal to increase ridership by 10%\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025781/sf-muni-board-says-not-so-fast-proposed-service-cuts\">.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What Allen calls \u003ca href=\"https://www.sftransitoperator.day/\">San Francisco Transit Operator Day\u003c/a> comes the same day that the SFMTA board will discuss those proposed cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031479\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_Muni-Operator-Day_DMB_00043_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12031479 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_Muni-Operator-Day_DMB_00043_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_Muni-Operator-Day_DMB_00043_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_Muni-Operator-Day_DMB_00043_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_Muni-Operator-Day_DMB_00043_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_Muni-Operator-Day_DMB_00043_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_Muni-Operator-Day_DMB_00043_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_Muni-Operator-Day_DMB_00043_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The SF Muni 44 O’Shaughnessy line crosses San Francisco on March 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. 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Allen said his colleague had 14 years of service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea is one big day for Muni operators to celebrate transit in San Francisco and encourage people to recognize our efforts and our labor,” Allen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also asking members of the public to submit a total of 500 \u003ca href=\"https://sfmta.tfaforms.net/312\">commendations\u003c/a> to drivers and added that the day is not just about recognizing the operators but also the car cleaners, mechanics, schedulers, dispatchers, station agents and other people who help make Muni run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, meanwhile, has introduced a resolution to officially mark March 18 as Transit Operator Day, which the board will vote on that day. (For years, SFMTA has held its own Transit Operator Appreciation Day for staff on March 18.)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/fAHZp3usV4g'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/fAHZp3usV4g'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>“I think resolutions have an importance of raising awareness for our ‘invisible warriors’ in the city,” Mahmood said. “ Unless the public has awareness of the important role that the Muni operators have, they wouldn’t know that they’re an important part of the line item of the budget that we need to be advocating for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects/summer-2025-muni-service-cuts\">Tuesday’s meeting\u003c/a>, the SFMTA board will consider reduced service on the 5 Fulton, 9 San Bruno and 31 Balboa lines — and to combine the 21 Hayes and the 6 Haight-Parnassus lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to SFMTA, the cuts are needed to rein in an approximately $50 million \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027759/sf-transit-board-says-no-cutting-school-crossing-guards-save-money\">budget deficit\u003c/a> for fiscal year 2025–26, which is set to begin in July — due to lower-than-expected transit and parking revenue and lower-than-expected operating transfers from the city’s general fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA officials have said these service reductions of about 4% will save the agency $15 million and that it plans to make up the remainder of next fiscal year’s deficit through improvements to fare compliance and its parking program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031472\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031472\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_MUNI-OPERATOR-DAY_DMB_00037-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_MUNI-OPERATOR-DAY_DMB_00037-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_MUNI-OPERATOR-DAY_DMB_00037-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_MUNI-OPERATOR-DAY_DMB_00037-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_MUNI-OPERATOR-DAY_DMB_00037-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_MUNI-OPERATOR-DAY_DMB_00037-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250313_MUNI-OPERATOR-DAY_DMB_00037-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SF Muni Transit Operator Mc Allen waives at another SF Muni bus as he drives the inbound 44 O’Shaughnessy in San Francisco on March 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. 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It’s not just about a bunch of money being thrown around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local nonprofits are scrambling to operate without federal funding and to fulfill their missions — centered on climate science and the health of communities of color — as the Trump administration is pulling grants from organizations grounded in environmental justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is just a wholesale onslaught on anything that has to do with our environment,” U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff said in an interview with KQED. The administration wants “to weaken our clean water, clean air rules.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012473\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012473\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241104-AdamSchiffCampaign-18-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241104-AdamSchiffCampaign-18-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241104-AdamSchiffCampaign-18-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241104-AdamSchiffCampaign-18-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241104-AdamSchiffCampaign-18-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241104-AdamSchiffCampaign-18-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241104-AdamSchiffCampaign-18-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Adam Schiff at the KQED offices in San Francisco on Nov. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This week, EPA officials terminated \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-announces-billions-dollars-worth-gold-bars-have-been-located\">$20 billion in grants\u003c/a> issued by the Biden administration, many of which were meant to finance clean energy and climate projects through a green bank. Environmental groups filed a lawsuit in response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Administration officials have also targeted diversity, equity and inclusion programs, saying that what they call wasteful spending needs to be cut to align with President Trump’s orders. Over the past few months, the EPA cut or froze hundreds of grants, including some in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency also announced it will disassemble all of its environmental justice offices across the country. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the cuts will eliminate “forced discrimination programs” and “serve every American with equal dignity and respect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“‘Environmental justice’ has been used primarily as an excuse to fund left-wing activists instead of actually spending those dollars to directly remediate environmental issues for those communities,” Zeldin said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-terminates-bidens-environmental-justice-dei-arms-agency#:~:text=%E2%80%9CPresident%20Trump%20was%20elected%20with,with%20equal%20dignity%20and%20respect.%E2%80%9D\">statement\u003c/a> on Wednesday announcing the termination of the offices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA has not responded to KQED’s request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Community-focused work\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For decades, EPA environmental justice workers have fought pollution in lower-income communities of color, who experience that burden most acutely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These neighborhoods sprung up along smoggy highways, next to power plants, busy ports and other polluting industries that belch toxic gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031664\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/007_KQED_MargaretGordonOakland_03042022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/007_KQED_MargaretGordonOakland_03042022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/007_KQED_MargaretGordonOakland_03042022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/007_KQED_MargaretGordonOakland_03042022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/007_KQED_MargaretGordonOakland_03042022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/007_KQED_MargaretGordonOakland_03042022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/007_KQED_MargaretGordonOakland_03042022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A semi-truck with a label that is labeled ‘Toxic’ stops on 7th Street in West Oakland on March 4, 2022. The route is a popular trucking route to the nearby Port of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Their growth largely followed discriminatory redlining by financial institutions that denied people housing opportunities based on race, perpetuating wealth gaps and segregation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David González, an assistant professor of public health at UC Berkeley, said he wishes Zeldin understood the “long-term persistent life expectancy gaps when we look at different racial and ethnic groups.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029553 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/cleaner-1180x787.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we don’t talk about racism, then we can’t address what we see when we look at the data,” he said. “Black people are more likely to have poor health and more likely to have shorter lives. Why does that happen? We need to be able to talk about it so that we can fix it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maya Carrasquillo, a civil and environmental engineering professor at UC Berkeley, said the federal government is sending “a clear message — all puns intended — about whose lives matter and whose lives don’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a huge blow,” she said, adding that this is a moment for California to double down on its support of environmental justice. “So many people are rallying around these organizations, and I hope we’ll continue to rally around them. In the past, we have found creative ways to get the work done. And unfortunately, we’re at the point of having to do that again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrasquillo is part of a team that was awarded an EPA grant that could eventually install tree planters in East Oakland. The federal government froze that money in late January but later restored it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031667\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-04_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-04_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-04_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-04_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-04_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-04_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-04_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP) offices in Oakland on Sept. 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After Beveridge’s West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project was awarded a $500,000 EPA grant last year to study air quality, he said the federal payment system for grants was frozen and then unfrozen around 36 hours later in January. However, EPA staff aren’t communicating with the group, so they don’t know the status of the invoices, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA also froze and then unfroze a separate $91,000 contract with his organization to improve local air quality monitoring. Still, Beveridge expects the federal government to issue a stop-work order for that project soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Students have been working at it for about three months,” he said. “We have paid the students stipends to do research. We have paid our staff to work on the project. So we have commitments there that are outstanding expenses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031668\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031668\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_KQED_MargaretGordonWestOakland_04122022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_KQED_MargaretGordonWestOakland_04122022_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_KQED_MargaretGordonWestOakland_04122022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_KQED_MargaretGordonWestOakland_04122022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_KQED_MargaretGordonWestOakland_04122022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_KQED_MargaretGordonWestOakland_04122022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_KQED_MargaretGordonWestOakland_04122022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left) Co-director Brian Beveridge, Co-director Margaret Gordon, and Senior Project Manager Nicole Merino Tsui sit at a table outside the offices of the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project in West Oakland on April 12, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Climate Resilient Communities, based in East Palo Alto, has three EPA grants totaling around $850,000 that are now up in the air — all from the closing environmental justice office. The largest grant of $500,000 would provide air purifiers for children with asthma, said Cade Cannedy, the group’s director of programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group planned to strengthen a youth climate collective, develop a vulnerability assessment for the Belle Haven and North Fair Oaks communities and research the impact of climate change on air quality along the San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stopped billing for them because if it’s not paid for, that is something that would sink our organization,” Cannedy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group holds a fourth EPA grant of $450,000 to study East San José’s watershed that has not formally been revoked, but Cannedy said it might be soon, and “It’s very risky to continue working on it because we aren’t sure if we will get paid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031672\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031672\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_EastPaloAlto_SeaLevelRise_03292021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_EastPaloAlto_SeaLevelRise_03292021_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_EastPaloAlto_SeaLevelRise_03292021_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_EastPaloAlto_SeaLevelRise_03292021_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_EastPaloAlto_SeaLevelRise_03292021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_EastPaloAlto_SeaLevelRise_03292021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_EastPaloAlto_SeaLevelRise_03292021_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climate Resilient Communities executive director Violet Wulf-Saena at Cooley Landing Park in East Palo Alto on March 29, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I hired people six months ago and trained them to lead these projects. Then, when we were about to start, everything went dark,” said Violet Wulf-Saena, the group’s executive director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wulf-Saena said she has no plans to fire new staff and is allocating their time to other projects, but there has been zero communication about whether the federal government will restore the grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It means we’re borrowing from the future,” she said. “If we use these projects to speed up the work and pay for these people’s time, then next year, we won’t have any funding for those projects. We’re going to run out of money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julio Garcia, executive director of Rise South City, said a similar story unfolded in South San Francisco over the past few months. In January, the U.S. Forest Service froze a $600,000 grant for planting and maintaining 700 trees across the city to improve air quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031656\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julio Garcia, executive director of Rise South City, stands in front of two recently planted trees in South San Francisco on March 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the U.S. Forest Service declined an interview request and said in an email that the agency doesn’t have specific information on individual contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spokesperson also said that on Feb. 24, the service “was able to begin making payments for work that had already been completed on existing contracts and agreements. With that said, we are still reviewing all programs to ensure alignment with the President’s priorities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The freeze surprised Garcia initially, but when the Trump administration flagged hundreds of words for his administration to limit or avoid, like climate science, environmental justice and Latinx, he knew the decision would thwart his work. The group’s mission statement includes at least two banned words: equity and intersectional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031657\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031657\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-02-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-02-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-02-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-02-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-02-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julio Garcia, executive director of Rise South City, examines a recently planted tree in South San Francisco on March 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He said the changes on the federal level will likely impact how the organization pitches to private funders because “donors are scared about where they’re donating” and will think twice about funding climate change initiatives or organizations fighting for environmental justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Undocumented immigrants and people of color may “go back to not having an opinion” in decision-making, he said because they won’t attend public meetings out of fear of retaliation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had a couple of presentations at the end of February, and fewer people showed up,” he said. “Those are the communities more affected by climate change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local nonprofits are scrambling to operate without federal funding and to fulfill their missions — centered on climate science and the health of communities of color — as the Trump administration is pulling grants from organizations grounded in environmental justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is just a wholesale onslaught on anything that has to do with our environment,” U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff said in an interview with KQED. The administration wants “to weaken our clean water, clean air rules.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012473\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012473\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241104-AdamSchiffCampaign-18-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241104-AdamSchiffCampaign-18-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241104-AdamSchiffCampaign-18-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241104-AdamSchiffCampaign-18-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241104-AdamSchiffCampaign-18-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241104-AdamSchiffCampaign-18-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241104-AdamSchiffCampaign-18-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Adam Schiff at the KQED offices in San Francisco on Nov. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This week, EPA officials terminated \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-announces-billions-dollars-worth-gold-bars-have-been-located\">$20 billion in grants\u003c/a> issued by the Biden administration, many of which were meant to finance clean energy and climate projects through a green bank. Environmental groups filed a lawsuit in response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Administration officials have also targeted diversity, equity and inclusion programs, saying that what they call wasteful spending needs to be cut to align with President Trump’s orders. Over the past few months, the EPA cut or froze hundreds of grants, including some in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency also announced it will disassemble all of its environmental justice offices across the country. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the cuts will eliminate “forced discrimination programs” and “serve every American with equal dignity and respect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“‘Environmental justice’ has been used primarily as an excuse to fund left-wing activists instead of actually spending those dollars to directly remediate environmental issues for those communities,” Zeldin said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-terminates-bidens-environmental-justice-dei-arms-agency#:~:text=%E2%80%9CPresident%20Trump%20was%20elected%20with,with%20equal%20dignity%20and%20respect.%E2%80%9D\">statement\u003c/a> on Wednesday announcing the termination of the offices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA has not responded to KQED’s request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Community-focused work\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For decades, EPA environmental justice workers have fought pollution in lower-income communities of color, who experience that burden most acutely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These neighborhoods sprung up along smoggy highways, next to power plants, busy ports and other polluting industries that belch toxic gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031664\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/007_KQED_MargaretGordonOakland_03042022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/007_KQED_MargaretGordonOakland_03042022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/007_KQED_MargaretGordonOakland_03042022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/007_KQED_MargaretGordonOakland_03042022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/007_KQED_MargaretGordonOakland_03042022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/007_KQED_MargaretGordonOakland_03042022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/007_KQED_MargaretGordonOakland_03042022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A semi-truck with a label that is labeled ‘Toxic’ stops on 7th Street in West Oakland on March 4, 2022. The route is a popular trucking route to the nearby Port of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Their growth largely followed discriminatory redlining by financial institutions that denied people housing opportunities based on race, perpetuating wealth gaps and segregation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David González, an assistant professor of public health at UC Berkeley, said he wishes Zeldin understood the “long-term persistent life expectancy gaps when we look at different racial and ethnic groups.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we don’t talk about racism, then we can’t address what we see when we look at the data,” he said. “Black people are more likely to have poor health and more likely to have shorter lives. Why does that happen? We need to be able to talk about it so that we can fix it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maya Carrasquillo, a civil and environmental engineering professor at UC Berkeley, said the federal government is sending “a clear message — all puns intended — about whose lives matter and whose lives don’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a huge blow,” she said, adding that this is a moment for California to double down on its support of environmental justice. “So many people are rallying around these organizations, and I hope we’ll continue to rally around them. In the past, we have found creative ways to get the work done. And unfortunately, we’re at the point of having to do that again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrasquillo is part of a team that was awarded an EPA grant that could eventually install tree planters in East Oakland. The federal government froze that money in late January but later restored it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031667\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-04_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-04_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-04_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-04_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-04_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-04_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-04_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP) offices in Oakland on Sept. 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After Beveridge’s West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project was awarded a $500,000 EPA grant last year to study air quality, he said the federal payment system for grants was frozen and then unfrozen around 36 hours later in January. However, EPA staff aren’t communicating with the group, so they don’t know the status of the invoices, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA also froze and then unfroze a separate $91,000 contract with his organization to improve local air quality monitoring. Still, Beveridge expects the federal government to issue a stop-work order for that project soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Students have been working at it for about three months,” he said. “We have paid the students stipends to do research. We have paid our staff to work on the project. So we have commitments there that are outstanding expenses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031668\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031668\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_KQED_MargaretGordonWestOakland_04122022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_KQED_MargaretGordonWestOakland_04122022_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_KQED_MargaretGordonWestOakland_04122022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_KQED_MargaretGordonWestOakland_04122022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_KQED_MargaretGordonWestOakland_04122022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_KQED_MargaretGordonWestOakland_04122022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_KQED_MargaretGordonWestOakland_04122022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left) Co-director Brian Beveridge, Co-director Margaret Gordon, and Senior Project Manager Nicole Merino Tsui sit at a table outside the offices of the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project in West Oakland on April 12, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Climate Resilient Communities, based in East Palo Alto, has three EPA grants totaling around $850,000 that are now up in the air — all from the closing environmental justice office. The largest grant of $500,000 would provide air purifiers for children with asthma, said Cade Cannedy, the group’s director of programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group planned to strengthen a youth climate collective, develop a vulnerability assessment for the Belle Haven and North Fair Oaks communities and research the impact of climate change on air quality along the San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stopped billing for them because if it’s not paid for, that is something that would sink our organization,” Cannedy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group holds a fourth EPA grant of $450,000 to study East San José’s watershed that has not formally been revoked, but Cannedy said it might be soon, and “It’s very risky to continue working on it because we aren’t sure if we will get paid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031672\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031672\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_EastPaloAlto_SeaLevelRise_03292021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_EastPaloAlto_SeaLevelRise_03292021_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_EastPaloAlto_SeaLevelRise_03292021_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_EastPaloAlto_SeaLevelRise_03292021_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_EastPaloAlto_SeaLevelRise_03292021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_EastPaloAlto_SeaLevelRise_03292021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/019_EastPaloAlto_SeaLevelRise_03292021_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climate Resilient Communities executive director Violet Wulf-Saena at Cooley Landing Park in East Palo Alto on March 29, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I hired people six months ago and trained them to lead these projects. Then, when we were about to start, everything went dark,” said Violet Wulf-Saena, the group’s executive director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wulf-Saena said she has no plans to fire new staff and is allocating their time to other projects, but there has been zero communication about whether the federal government will restore the grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It means we’re borrowing from the future,” she said. “If we use these projects to speed up the work and pay for these people’s time, then next year, we won’t have any funding for those projects. We’re going to run out of money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julio Garcia, executive director of Rise South City, said a similar story unfolded in South San Francisco over the past few months. In January, the U.S. Forest Service froze a $600,000 grant for planting and maintaining 700 trees across the city to improve air quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031656\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julio Garcia, executive director of Rise South City, stands in front of two recently planted trees in South San Francisco on March 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the U.S. Forest Service declined an interview request and said in an email that the agency doesn’t have specific information on individual contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spokesperson also said that on Feb. 24, the service “was able to begin making payments for work that had already been completed on existing contracts and agreements. With that said, we are still reviewing all programs to ensure alignment with the President’s priorities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The freeze surprised Garcia initially, but when the Trump administration flagged hundreds of words for his administration to limit or avoid, like climate science, environmental justice and Latinx, he knew the decision would thwart his work. The group’s mission statement includes at least two banned words: equity and intersectional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031657\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031657\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-02-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-02-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-02-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-02-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250314-EJ-CUTS-MD-02-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julio Garcia, executive director of Rise South City, examines a recently planted tree in South San Francisco on March 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He said the changes on the federal level will likely impact how the organization pitches to private funders because “donors are scared about where they’re donating” and will think twice about funding climate change initiatives or organizations fighting for environmental justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Undocumented immigrants and people of color may “go back to not having an opinion” in decision-making, he said because they won’t attend public meetings out of fear of retaliation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had a couple of presentations at the end of February, and fewer people showed up,” he said. “Those are the communities more affected by climate change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Calling it an unorthodox business strategy is an understatement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal grand jury indicted a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999844/sf-tow-operator-accused-of-scamming-drivers-pleads-not-guilty-to-federal-charges\">San Francisco tow truck operator\u003c/a> this week for allegedly orchestrating a scheme to set fire to trucks owned by his competitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal prosecutors charged Jose Vicente Badillo on Thursday with conspiracy to commit arson, saying he collaborated with at least four “co-conspirators” in 2023 to torch at least six tow trucks operated by other businesses. All of the incidents occurred in San Francisco, except one in East Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Badillo, 29, sought to literally drive more business to his three primary Bay Area towing companies — Auto Towing, Specialty Towing and Jose’s Towing — by “impeding their competitors’ business prospects” and retaliating against “perceived wrongs,” according \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/media/1393391/dl?inline\">to the federal indictment.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigation is being conducted by a federal organized crime task force aimed at dismantling “the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations.” The U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to explain why organized crime investigators are prosecuting Badillo’s case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997008\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1322125500-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997008\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1322125500-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1675\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1322125500-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1322125500-800x524.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1322125500-1020x668.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1322125500-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1322125500-1536x1005.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1322125500-2048x1340.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1322125500-1920x1257.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tow truck is seen towing a vehicle to the Auto Return on 7th Street on Dec. 1, 2015, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If convicted, Badillo faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is scheduled to be arraigned on March 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Badillo, 29, also faces unrelated criminal charges of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999449/sf-tow-operator-faces-insurance-fraud-more-charges-after-fbi-probe\">money laundering and insurance fraud\u003c/a> in two pending federal cases, as well as one case of welfare fraud brought by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allen Sawyer, a Stockton-based attorney representing Badillo in all three cases, said his client maintains his innocence.[aside postID=news_11997360 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240724-SAMMY-HALLAQ-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg']“There’s been a catastrophic impact on his businesses from this,” Sawyer said. “He’s looking forward to working through this and getting on with his life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Badillo and his business partner, Jessica Elizabeth Najarro, were first arrested in August 2024 — on the same day that the FBI raided his San Francisco office — and charged with conspiracy and mail and wire fraud in connection with two schemes to defraud auto insurance companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Badillo and his wife, Abigail T. Fuentes, with whom he owned his towing businesses, also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002311/charges-pile-up-for-sf-tow-operator-now-accused-of-staging-accident-faking-tow\">face multiple felony charges\u003c/a> brought in 2023 by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office in connection with an alleged welfare fraud scheme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors say Fuentes, who worked for San Francisco’s Human Services Agency, approved Badillo’s applications for public welfare programs without disclosing her relationship to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors alleged the couple falsely claimed they were earning only $1,000 a month while actually netting $2 million a year to qualify for public benefits, including Medi-Cal and CalWorks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s more.[aside postID=news_12031189 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-11-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']In early 2024, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996890/predatory-san-francisco-towing-company-barred-from-city-business-for-5-years\">suspended Badillo’s towing operations\u003c/a> from bidding on or receiving city contracts after determining that its workers had illegally towed the cars of non-English speaking residents from a private commercial parking lot, restricted the times vehicles could be retrieved and pressured owners to pay in cash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several months later, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqvDedeuCl0\">video\u003c/a> that went viral showed one of Badillo’s Specialty Towing workers attempting to tow a car stuck in traffic on a San Francisco street as the frantic driver tried to escape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to Badillo’s federal indictment this week, Chiu told KQED he thinks it may be just “the tip of the iceberg” for someone who has repeatedly “demonstrated a clear pattern of predatory behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish I could say that I’m surprised, but I’m not surprised at all,” he said. “From arson to fraud to money laundering, to towing people while they’re in their cars. … We keep learning more about this guy every few months.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All I can say is in [Badillo’s] case, truth is stranger than fiction,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:30 p.m. Friday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener is back with another bill to allow medium-rise apartment buildings near transit across California — his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11798945/__trashed-4\">fourth attempt\u003c/a> in seven years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB79\">SB 79\u003c/a> by state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) would allow apartments up to seven stories tall within a quarter-mile of certain train stations. Allowable building heights would decrease farther from the train station or bus rapid transit stop, dropping to as low as four stories within a half-mile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a Friday press conference outside the Daly City BART station, Wiener said the bill is aimed at boosting both housing and public transportation agencies across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It will offer more housing overall, and it will support our public transportation systems with increased revenue and increased ridership,” Wiener said. “We really need more housing, more and better transit, and the two truly go hand in hand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill echoes the ethos — if not all the myriad provisions — of SB 50, which failed to advance in early 2020 after an earlier iteration of the bill was held in committee the year prior. That bill built off SB 857, which was first introduced in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final version of SB 50 would have not only allowed four- and five-story apartment buildings near train stations, along major bus lines and in job-rich neighborhoods, but also duplexes and fourplexes in many single-family neighborhoods throughout the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener said the new bill is much more focused. It only applies to areas around train and ferry stations, along with stops for bus-rapid-transit, a type of bus that has dedicated travel lanes. Height limits scale down depending on the type of transit, so heavy rail and frequent commuter trains — such as BART, LA Metro subway, CalTrain and Burbank Metrolink — would have the tallest limits. The areas around ferries and less frequent commuter-rail services, such as Capitol Corridor, would have the lowest limits.[aside postID=news_11798945 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1020x680.jpg']“So it’s really focusing on our highest-quality transit,” Wiener said. “And I hope that in the future we have more of that highest-quality transit.” SB 50 faced major backlash from \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-sb50-failure-single-family-homes-suburbs-20190522-story.html\">suburban homeowners\u003c/a> worried about neighborhood change and advocates who were concerned that \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-housing-bill-failure-equity-groups-20180502-story.html\">lower-income residents would be evicted\u003c/a> as a result of increased development, among others. The California League of Cities took an “oppose unless amended” position because of provisions in the bill they said were too ambiguous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthew Lewis, a spokesperson for the pro-housing lobbying group, CA YIMBY, said the latest iteration of the proposal is more straightforward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The main way to describe this that’s different from those that came before is that it’s a clean upzoning,” Lewis said. “It’s seven stories, and there’s no other conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, he said, other new laws, adopted in the intervening years, have since overridden or addressed other concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 9, by former state Sen. Toni Atkins, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980785/these-california-companies-want-to-buy-your-backyard-and-build-a-house\">signed into law in 2021\u003c/a>. It allows homeowners to subdivide their lots and add up to two duplexes in most single-family neighborhoods. Another law, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330\">SB 330\u003c/a> by former state Sen. Nancy Skinner requires developers offer tenants the right of first refusal in new apartments if they are displaced by development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lens is different now because the legislative landscape is different than it was,” Lewis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shanti Singh, however, with advocacy group Tenants Together, said she isn’t convinced. Her organization opposed SB 50 over concerns that it would accelerate displacement of lower-income tenants. Although she hadn’t seen a draft of SB 79 when she spoke to KQED, she said the same concerns very likely still apply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have any objection to going after exclusionary communities or making housing easier to build. And we’re certainly not against the idea of buildings being tall,” Singh said. “It’s when you pick a fight with our communities, who desperately need affordable housing, who are facing eviction and displacement, that’s when we get involved.”[aside postID=news_11980785 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240313-SB-9-SanJose-KSM-6_qut-1020x680.jpg']While the Legislature has, over nearly a decade, passed dozens of laws aimed at cutting regulatory red tape and boosting new construction, the bills largely \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2025/02/california-yimby-laws-assessment-report/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Are%20CA%20s%20housing%20laws%20building%20more%20homes%3F&utm_campaign=WhatMatters\">haven’t translated into meaningful increases\u003c/a> in new homes, Singh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What will make a difference, she said, is investing more money into building affordable housing. A $10 billion bond to do that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993185/why-a-10-billion-california-housing-bond-wont-be-on-novembers-ballot\">failed to make it to the November ballot\u003c/a> last year, after facing competition from competing bonds. Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Berkeley) \u003ca href=\"https://a14.asmdc.org/press-releases/20250218-asm-wicks-and-sen-cabaldon-move-forward-tackle-crushing-housing-costs#:~:text=This%20year's%20bond%20proposals%20are,San%20Diego%20Mayor%20Todd%20Gloria.\">reintroduced the bond measure\u003c/a> in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The issue is money,” Singh said. “We just want to keep hammering that point home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other bills have sought to streamline housing near transit. AB 2923, signed into law in 2018, provided some minimum standards for housing near BART stations in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties. While that bill has helped the agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/about/business/tod\">develop housing\u003c/a> on land it owns, BART Director Edward Wright said it’s still too difficult to get new apartments approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It lets BART do our own zoning for more homes, for more businesses,” Wright said. “And it lets us do it quickly, simply, and effectively. Not with months to process, but with a clear purpose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, perhaps even more critically, Wright said, SB 79 could help boost ridership that \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/about/financials/crisis#:~:text=Ridership%20Trends,%25%20of%20pre%2Dpandemic%20expectations.&text=BART%20served%2050.7%20million%20trips,2.6%20million%20trips%20in%202024.\">hasn’t recovered\u003c/a> from the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It supports more homes near our stations, and that means more people taking our trains,” he said, “instead of clogging up our streets and our bridges with more cars.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“So it’s really focusing on our highest-quality transit,” Wiener said. “And I hope that in the future we have more of that highest-quality transit.” SB 50 faced major backlash from \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-sb50-failure-single-family-homes-suburbs-20190522-story.html\">suburban homeowners\u003c/a> worried about neighborhood change and advocates who were concerned that \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-housing-bill-failure-equity-groups-20180502-story.html\">lower-income residents would be evicted\u003c/a> as a result of increased development, among others. The California League of Cities took an “oppose unless amended” position because of provisions in the bill they said were too ambiguous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthew Lewis, a spokesperson for the pro-housing lobbying group, CA YIMBY, said the latest iteration of the proposal is more straightforward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The main way to describe this that’s different from those that came before is that it’s a clean upzoning,” Lewis said. “It’s seven stories, and there’s no other conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, he said, other new laws, adopted in the intervening years, have since overridden or addressed other concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 9, by former state Sen. Toni Atkins, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980785/these-california-companies-want-to-buy-your-backyard-and-build-a-house\">signed into law in 2021\u003c/a>. It allows homeowners to subdivide their lots and add up to two duplexes in most single-family neighborhoods. Another law, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330\">SB 330\u003c/a> by former state Sen. Nancy Skinner requires developers offer tenants the right of first refusal in new apartments if they are displaced by development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lens is different now because the legislative landscape is different than it was,” Lewis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shanti Singh, however, with advocacy group Tenants Together, said she isn’t convinced. Her organization opposed SB 50 over concerns that it would accelerate displacement of lower-income tenants. Although she hadn’t seen a draft of SB 79 when she spoke to KQED, she said the same concerns very likely still apply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have any objection to going after exclusionary communities or making housing easier to build. And we’re certainly not against the idea of buildings being tall,” Singh said. “It’s when you pick a fight with our communities, who desperately need affordable housing, who are facing eviction and displacement, that’s when we get involved.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Just three days before San Francisco plans to permanently close a two-mile stretch of the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009607/turning-sfs-great-highway-park-major-ecological-benefits-report-says\"> Great Highway\u003c/a> to cars and turn the road into park space, opponents said on Tuesday that they are filing a lawsuit to block the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of westside neighborhood advocates and business owners argue that Proposition K, which voters passed in November, violated California law governing permanent road closures and was adopted without adequate environmental review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This legal action is necessary because of the manipulation of government processes and the misleading of voters by the proponents of Proposition K and their elected proxy,” said Richard Corriea, a fourth-generation westside resident and lawyer who spoke at a news conference but is not part of the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit — which, as of Tuesday afternoon, was not yet available in the San Francisco Superior Court’s online database — is against the city and the Board of Supervisors, Corriea said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corriea told KQED that the lawsuit alleges Proposition K is invalid because the \u003ca href=\"https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-veh/division-11/chapter-1/article-3/section-21101/\">California Vehicle Code\u003c/a> grants local jurisdictions the authority to permanently close down highways to cars only when the local legislative body deems it “no longer needed for vehicular traffic” or an issue of public safety due to traffic or crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009726\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240214-CoastalCommission-22-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240214-CoastalCommission-22-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240214-CoastalCommission-22-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240214-CoastalCommission-22-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240214-CoastalCommission-22-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240214-CoastalCommission-22-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240214-CoastalCommission-22-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sandy path leads from Ocean Beach to the Great Highway and the Sunset District in San Francisco on Feb. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The decision should not have been in the hands of voters, Corriea said, arguing that the Board of Supervisors is the local legislative body that should have made the call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Secondarily, Corriea said the city needed to create an environmental impact report for the project as part of the California Environmental Quality Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The court will figure that one out from a common sense point of view — imagine forcing 15,000 cars a day into a neighborhood,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president of Friends of Ocean Beach Park, a group that rose out of the Proposition K campaign, called the lawsuit “just another in a long line of attempts by park opponents to overturn the will of San Franciscans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12028190 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their prior attempts to bypass democratic outcomes include another failed lawsuit and multiple unanimously rejected appeals,” said Lucas Lux, president of the group. “Meanwhile, we are excited for the park to open in April so San Franciscans can begin enjoying the coastal park they voted for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city plans to close the highway on Friday, with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028190/san-franciscos-new-ocean-beach-park-on-track-for-spring-debut\">park’s opening\u003c/a> set for April 12. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit — including former District 7 candidate Matthew Boschetto, Sunset District hardware store owner Albert Chow and the transportation-focused nonprofit Livable SF — want the court to stop the closure and invalidate the results of the citywide vote on Proposition K, which passed with a 54% majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the Upper Great Highway closes, it won’t create a better city — it will hurt the people who keep this city running,” Chow said. “Everyday working families will be pushed aside so a few can have a car-less road.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s westside residents in districts encompassing the Richmond, Sunset and Excelsior neighborhoods \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995182/proposition-k-victory-closing-part-of-the-great-highway-sparks-debate-and-delight\">voted 61% against the proposition\u003c/a>. The results were nearly the opposite across the rest of the city to the east, with 64% of voters in favor of closing the Upper Great Highway to vehicle traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vin Budhai, with the new nonprofit LivableSF, said closing the highway would ignore the desires of many westside residents, even though the rest of the city outvoted them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030871\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/241030-PropK-28-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/241030-PropK-28-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/241030-PropK-28-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/241030-PropK-28-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/241030-PropK-28-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/241030-PropK-28-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/241030-PropK-28-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A canvasser holds a “Yes on K” sign at the Castro Farmers’ Market in San Francisco on Oct. 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It has nothing to do with cars or the Great Highway for me personally,” he said. “Legally, it wasn’t the right approach. I feel that people should always have a say in things that impact their lives every single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Budhai is also helping lead the efforts to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016404/divide-over-sfs-great-highway-closure-sparks-recall-push-against-supervisor\">recall Supervisor Joel Engardio\u003c/a>, who represents the Sunset and co-sponsored Proposition K. The group is collecting signatures and must turn in at least 9,900 by May 22 to qualify a recall measure for the ballot, according to Budhai.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the recall and this lawsuit, from my standpoint, go hand in hand,” Budhai said. “It’s just about holding our elected officials accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Attorney David Chiu said in a statement that “once the lawsuit is filed and served,” his office “will review the complaint and respond in court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email, Engardio told KQED he has “full confidence in the City Attorney’s ability to draft legal ballot measures” and hopes “the court will quickly see this lawsuit has no merit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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